Time for Santa!

Hard to believe this was already Colton's 4th trip to see Santa Claus...even harder to believe that he still hasn't cried! This is one kid who absolutely loves Santa! When he was asked what he wanted for Christmas, he told Santa that he'd like toys and train tracks, cars and trucks. Then he said he was going to leave out some milk and cookies for Santa and some crackers, carrots and dip for the reindeer! We sure hope our trips to Santa stay like this!

Santa Train

Last weekend we headed out to Snoqualmie with Nana, Papa, Auntie Katie and Uncle Adam for the Santa Train. Colton was so excited to not only ride on a real train, but to see Santa at the end of it! Colt loved every minute of the train ride...looking out the window, listening to the stories from the conductor and singing Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Once the train ride was over Colton colored a picture for Santa and got to sit on his lap, then we had cookies and hot chocolate, got to play on some other trains and of course went to the candy store. Such a fun way to kickoff the Christmas season!

The Holiday Sing

Each year Colton's entire school puts on a holiday sing where each classroom (yes, even the babies!) learns a Christmas song and then puts on a performance. This should have been the first year that Colt would have really known what he was doing up there so we were pretty excited! In November we learned that his class would be performing All I Want for Christmas is You...that's right...the Mariah Carey song!  He practiced at school, we practiced at home, there was a whole routine and he seemed to know it pretty well...that is until Colton and his classmates got on stage and then this is what happened... 

As you can see the little girl behind him had been crying, the little boy next to him was having a full on cry session saying "all I want is a big hug mommy." At least Colton didn't cry, but he did sit on the ground for most of it. Anyways, because the class had a little stage fright, they taped the kids performing the song later that week and it was much better...for everyone else at least. Yes, that's Colton on the far right doing everything but singing...at least he looks cute!

A Special Delivery!

The day after Thanksgiving Colton heard a knock on the door and opened it to find a special package on the front porch all the way from the North Pole! Colt was so excited to hear that Santa himself had dropped off the present, but sad that he didn't get to the door fast enough to see him. When he got inside, and opened it up, Colton saw that Buttons the elf was back to watch over him for another Christmas season! Now, each morning Colt looks around the house to find Buttons in his new hiding spot...that is...if he's been a good boy!

3 Years Old

Seriously...three years old already? We just can't even believe it! Colton has had quite the year, one that has brought lots of firsts like swimming lessons, Cougar football games, a big boy bed and best of all...underwear! At his three year check up he weighed in at 32 pounds, 4 ounces and was 36 inches tall...tall enough for some rides...Disneyland anyone?!?! Right now Colton loves playing with his cars and trucks, going to school and playing with all his friends. We love hearing him tell us all about what he did each day and can really have a conversation with him now. Funny how we used to wish for this and now we laugh because there isn't a moment of silence...ever! At least with all the talking he makes us laugh every day and we love him so much...so excited to see what this next year brings!

Happy 3rd Birthday!

A 3rd birthday already...wow!! We celebrated Colton turning three with family and friends at a dinosaur themed birthday party. Colt had so much fun all day long and even helped Mommy set things up by picking out his favorite dinosaur toys for the table decorations. He was of course spoiled rotten by everyone, but loved opening his presents (he even had some help from Samantha!) and blowing out the candles on his cake. Colton loves birthday parties for anyone and singing Happy Birthday to everyone, so he of course sang to himself as well! Click here to see some more pics from the party!

Big Boy Underwear!

Colton's been talking about wanting to wear big boy underwear like his friends at school for a while now, but we weren't sure he was quite ready for it yet. Well he became adament about it this last weekend, so we thought what the heck and headed to Target. We let Colt pick out his favorite pairs...Toy Story and Cars of course! Later that day was the real test, we put the underwear on and waited to see what would happen. To our suprise...success! He ended up being in them for about half the day and no accidents! Colton was so excited and proud of himself and we are too!



Happy Halloween!

Colton had so much fun this Halloween! He got to wear his Superman costume a bunch the last couple weeks at school but the final touch of the official Superman wig was added on Halloween and definitely completed the costume. Colt loved trick-or-treating and seeing all the spooky houses...he wasn't even scared! And according to him, his favorite part was getting A LOT of candy!

Working in the Yard

Last weekend, Colton joined us outside to help get the yard ready for Fall and the upcoming Winter. At first he spent most of his time searching for frogs and playing with worms, but then he decided to help out his Dad by sweeping up some of the leaves and branches trimmed from the bushes...that lasted all of about 10 minutes before he decided it was time for lunch!

1st Field Trip

Last Friday, Colton got to go on his first preschool field trip to the pumpkin patch! We went to Thomasson Family Farm in Enumclaw and Colt's best friend from school, Lily, was our buddy for the day. The two of them are so cute and have so much fun playing together. The day started off with a lot of excitement because we got to go on a school bus to the farm, something Colton loves to do! When we arrived, first we got to check out the animals, then played in some hay, picked out a pumpkin, went on a hay ride and if all that wasn't enough, just before lunch the kiddos got to play in the corn box! The corn box is exactly what it sounds like...an area surrounded by hay and filled knee deep with corn! Colt and Lily loved swimming and jumping in the corn...who knew corn could be so much fun!

Fun in the Pumpkins

We went out for our annual trip to the pumpkin patch, but this time we went with our friends the McClain's and their daughter Samantha. We all had such a great time watching Colton run around in pumpkins, pull the wagon and pick out his favorites. Even Samantha seemed to think Colt was hilarious! The two kiddos were so much fun and they were definitely the cutest little pumpkins in the patch!

Is that a Giant Frying Pan?

Why yes it is! It had been a while since we'd been down to visit Great Grandma and Grandpa at the ocean so we packed up and headed down for the day. They were so excited to see Colton and to make it even better, we dressed Colt up in his new lederhosen to surprise them! They absolutely loved it and thought he looked just like Papa when he was a little boy. Colton always loves going down to the ocean and playing with the animals, seeing the cuckoo clock cuckoo and playing his harmonica with Great Grandpa. We're actually not sure who enjoys themselves more...Colton or Great Grandpa!

Go M's!

We took Colton to his first Mariners game last season, but decided it was time to take him again this year and even though the game wasn't that great, we had a ton of fun! Colt collected a bunch of baseball cards from all the Safeco workers, played in the giant jungle gym and even watched a little bit of the game in between popcorn, pizza and ice cream. Maybe next time we'll see a little more of the game!

Doin' the Puyallup!

We had so much fun at the Puyallup Fair this year, Colton's been a few times but this was the first time he was old enough and tall enough to ride the rides! He did the helicopters, the construction trucks, went on the big slide and rode the train with Papa around Sillyville.  It could have been hit or miss, but Colt loved it all! After the rides we checked out the giant pumpkins, the bunnies and the petting zoo. What a great night!

Go Cougs!

We finally made our first family trip to Pullman for a Cougar game and we had a great time! Jake had tons of fun showing us all around and Colton loved watching the football game and yelling Go Cougs! He even caught on to "that's another Cougar first down!" After the game we even took a little drive to the tiny town of Colton, Washington! What a great weekend...we can't wait to go back!